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How to Be a Leader People Actually Trust (And Maybe Even Love)

Zach Mercurio with Simon Sinek

Good news: To be a great leader, you don’t need innate charisma, a larger-than-life personality, or to channel your inner Steve Jobs. According to renowned leadership expert Zach Mercurio, Ph.D., the most effective leaders have mastered a set of simple, teachable psychological skills that energize and inspire others to contribute.

In this course, you’ll learn how to make others feel seen, heard, valued, and motivated to take action. You’ll unlock a psychological toolkit to master the art of micro-interactions, implement effective delegation strategies, cultivate a sense of significance, and more.

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What You'll Learn

Whether you're an aspiring leader, just stepping into a new role, or a seasoned pro, this course equips you with practical skills to grow your confidence and impact.

Go-at-Your-Own Pace Learning

Free 50+ Page Downloadable Workbook

Interactive Exercises for Understanding and Retention

A Full Year of Access to Refresh Your Knowledge

Why This Course Matters to Your Organization

Recent data shows that our greatest assets—our people—feel uninspired, overlooked, and undervalued.
Let's change that.

Reach out to explore how we can support your organization.

82%

Percentage of workers who say it's important that their organization see them as a "person."[1] "Employees Seek Personal Value and Purpose at Work. Be Prepared to Deliver." Gartner, March 29, 2023

45%

Percentage of workers who say their organization sees them as a person and not an employee.[2] "Employees Seek Personal Value and Purpose at Work. Be Prepared to Deliver." Gartner, March 29, 2023

51%

Percentage of workers who report being disengaged at work.[3] "Disengagement Persists Among U.S. Employees" Gallup, April 25, 2022

30%

Percentage of employees who report feeling invisible at work.[4] "Human Workplace Index: The Price of Invisibility" Workhuman, September 6, 2024

$8.8 Trillion

The true cost of low engagement at work.[5] "Employee Engagement Strategies: Fixing the World's $8.8 Trillion Problem" Gallup, June 14, 2022

69%

Percentage of employees who would work harder if their efforts were more recognized.[6] "Employee feedback statistics you need to know" Oak Engage, July 22, 2024

About Your Instructors

Zach Mercurio

Zach Mercurio works with individuals and organizations worldwide to forge purposeful leaders who cultivate more meaning, mattering, well-being, and performance. He is a positive leadership and organizations researcher and Honorary Fellow of Psychology in the Center for Meaning and Purpose at Colorado State University. He is also the author of The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance and The Invisible Leader. His research has been awarded by the Association for Talent Development and The Academy of Management, and he contributes regularly to international media outlets.

Simon Sinek

Simon Sinek is an unshakeable optimist and the founder of The Optimism Company. He believes in a bright future and our ability to build it together. Simon may be best known for his TED Talk on the concept of WHY, which has been viewed over 70 million times, and his video on millennials in the workplace—which reached 80 million views in its first week and has gone on to be seen hundreds of millions of times.

He continues to share inspiration through his bestselling books, including global bestseller Start with WHY and New York Times bestsellers Leaders Eat Last and The Infinite Game, as well as his podcast, A Bit of Optimism.

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These courses are entirely on demand, so that you can move at your own pace, snack and stretch breaks included. You’ll have access to the content for the next 12 months.

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A spark is something quite small and, by itself, not very powerful. But a spark has the ability to ignite. An idea is like a spark; alone it is just a set of words, but it too can ignite. A great idea can inspire others to dream bigger. Let us all work together to ignite something greater than ourselves.

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